Jervis Anderson

Jervis Anderson,
(born Oct. 1, 1932, Jamaica—found dead Jan. 7, 2000, New York, N.Y.), Jamaican-born American biographer and journalist who , was a staff writer for The New Yorker from 1968 to 1998 and wrote highly praised biographies of African American civil rights leaders Bayard Rustin and A. Philip Randolph. Serialized in The New Yorker in 1972, Anderson’s profile of Randolph appeared in book form as A. Philip Randolph: A Biographical Portrait in 1973. Bayard Rustin: Troubles I’ve Seen (1997) became a best-seller.

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